Synonyms for regressive
rɪˈgrɛs ɪvre·gres·sive

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1. regressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   progressive

2. regressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   progressive

3. regressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   progressive

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1. regressiveadjective

   (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

   Antonyms:
   modernized, forward-moving, forward-looking, advanced, modern, progressive, degressive, innovative, state-of-the-art, modernised, advancing, forward

2. regressiveadjective

   opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

   Antonyms:
   progressive, innovative, degressive, forward, modern, forward-moving, advancing, advanced, forward-looking, state-of-the-art, modernised, modernized

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1. List of paraphrases for "regressive":

   retrogressive, retrograde, backward-looking, reactionary, degressive, backward, downward

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1. Jodey Arrington:

   We’ve got to stop the madness and the maddening spending that has given us inflation, which is a tax on every American, especially the regressive tax impact on working families.

2. Rupert Abbott:

   Indonesia's new government took office on the back of promises to improve respect for human rights, but carrying out these executions would be a regressive move.

3. Kailash Satyarthi:

   I definitely appreciate the government's move to enhance the age of employment from 14 to 18, but these are two serious grey areas, finally, the government has agreed to bring an amendment to the existing law, but what is more shocking is that this amendment is regressive, it is not progressive.

4. Lewis Mumford:

   Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes its own revenge: from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity: raw animality forms a counterpoise to the meaningless stimuli and the vicarious life to which the ordinary man is conditioned. Getting spiritual nourishment from this chaos of events, sensations, and devious interpretations is the equivalent of trying to pick through a garbage pile for food.

5. Ian Prior:

   Loudoun County's continued implementation of critical race theory in the school system is regressive, divisive, and destructive. It has turned this county into a national punchline, the fact that they now want to spend over $6 million a year to continue to push this morally bankrupt ideologyon teachers and students is an absolute abomination. It is becoming clearer every day that someone is making a fortune on the backs of Loudoun County taxpayers and it is time for LCPS [Loudoun County Public Schools]to start communicating with parents and explain itself with more than misleading press releases from the Interim Superintendent.